Side bearing



April 3, 1928. l 1,664,445 W.- E. WINE SIDE BEARING Filed Feb. 25, 1927 2 sheets-snm 2 12 Eig 5 12 Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED STA-TES Wmme'. WINE',

'PATENT offeree..

f oF TOLEDO. onto.

SIDE BEARING.'

tentation mea February 23, 1927. senlfirrio.

Myfinventn' relatesro new and useful improvements" in side bearniggv more-especiali-y to' a type' of side bearings wherein the body? bearing mayl be" adjusted from time l't'oti-Ine' with relation' to the rollers, to therei theisamey is designedfto 'beadjusted alongy i showing therollers mounted inth'e' houslingandl the body bearingsecured on thethe natural slope' ofthe body bolster.y

"for the roller ybeari-ngs'and With these' and numerous other objects in vien/the invention consists in certain newl and novel arrangements and combination of parts, as Willbe' hereinafter more fully deseribedand pointed out in the'claims Referring now lto the drawings showing a preferred embodiment:

Figv l is afragmentaryA end 'elevation,

bottom ofthe sloping' portion of the body bolster. v

Fig. 2Lis aside elevationof the'same;'the portion of the bolster beingzsh'own in section.

Fig.; 3` is a'viei'v similarto Fig.- 1 and showing fthe different "relativeI positions that the body bearing-.may assume. 'i

FigrAe is a top planlvieiv showing the body bearing and the several holes at Y'its opposite ends for `adjustment purposes; f-

Fig 5 is-.fa vside view vthereof showing the i' bolts through *the ends,k attaching it `to vthe body'jbolsteri Figz is a sectional view ofthe 'housing Fig-. 7 is across 'sectional vie-Wlof -thebody bearingand the manner of reinforeing its lowerffacex" Referring nowmore I'wutieularly toV the several'vews', there is 'shown in Fig. 14a fragmentary portion' of a truck bolster' 1,

lon which there isgsecurely mounted a roller beari'n `2fof the Well 'knownV Wine type, 'the ro ers and housing formingthe' sub ject matter'of a pending' application, tiled; by

' serial No. 94,751.y e n mightbe mentioned at this point' thee the roller bearing per seis not 'parto the present invention and any other similar-type of side bearing or that part that -is placed on the truck might beused Withthep'iesent bolster bearing.

vThere Will be noticed in 1a fragmentar-y portion 3 of a' body belstei'gthe inclination being clearly shown; It -will' be understood that the opposite end of the bolster is' inlined in the 'sainenianerb l 1n` 'the opposite' directions and `there will; kbe

a similar truck andfbols'terfbeaing'at this other side ofthe car,

When the` truck bearingis' mounted on the truck bolster 2,' if 'it isfof the Wine type as shown, there will betwo rollers 4; mounted in the housing 5 and althougli'have not shown the bolts through 'the truck bolster, it Will 'be understood that the bearing is rigidly secured', so that 'the housingy of course is relatively fixed vvith relation tothe truckbolster 1.9 v

Referring novvv more 'speieallyto the-'gist of the invention; there' is shovv'n la Casting "6,

which forms the body bearing' whiIe"se-' curely rivetedv on the loverfaee' jof' this casting is' the supplemental or reinforc'infr *plate 7; Whichrnay be ofhardened stee,

rivet-S8 being employed thatfpa's's"y Ethrough the plate 7 and are headed in the chambers 9*,- forlned yWithin the eastiiiggas kmay be elearly.' seen in F ig; v7.

This castingld'thatlis ypreferablyv rectangular-in form but one-ofthe sides-10`is that the upper surface of the body bea-ring is'laninclin'ed plane. By this 'const'rction 'the Whole upper surface' will' lie 'flush' and Contact throughout its length fwith the incline surface 3 of thetruckbolster,l ma

be seen,v especially in Figs.' 1-'an'd 3'.

Means are' provided for adjusting" this lp15-ue up and downvehebedy boaters, but

it Willi be"A appreciated that the reinforcing plate at all timesr 4Will lie'i the plane pallel with the upper 'surface-'ofthe "roller bear- 1 ings; due te the 'tempiemefaryesgles:-

The mean-s for adjustingthis beringaie the body bearing may assume.

holes a, b, c, d, and e. The hole c in Fig. 4L is covered, but it will be seen that the bolts 12 are shown as extending through these respective holes 0.

0f course there will be two holes 13 within the body bolster, approximately centrally of the truck bearing housing 5 and directly n over the same while lock washers and nuts 14 will be provided to retain the bolts and the bearing in their locked position.

Referring now for the moment to Fig. 3, there will be seen the different positions that In this Figure 3, I have shown the bearing at its innermost position, the bolts 12 in this instance being passed through the two holes Cia. j

If the bolster settles, or if there are any virregularities in thecenter plates, or if the certain tolerances inthe center platesl are such that it is necessary to adjust ythe wear plate for the proper clearance between the roller bearings and the hardened outer face of the body bearing plate, it is only necessary to .remove vthe bolts 12 from the holes a and pass them through the next holes b Aof the series and this of course will move the body bearing up theinclined side of the body bolster for a distance equal to the distance of the center of one hole above j the center of thepreceding hole.

bearing.

Furthermore, I take advantage ofthe natural slope of the body bolster and simply provide meansfor adjusting the similarly inclined body bearing casting tothereby pro- V vide a quickly and readily adjustable bearn ing. j

The casting, that is the body bearing, is relatively light, as it is cored or provided with chambers and at the same time I rivet a hardened steel face kplate tothe casting, so that the wear plate will with-stand the hard usage'to which it is subjected.

Fromthe foregoing, it will bel seen that" I` have provided a body side bearing and wear plate wherein the bearing may be quickly and readily adjusted to suit the various conditions through-out the life of the device. j

It will be also understood that any preferable form of truck bearing may be usedin body bearing, a supplemental wear plate on the outer surface of said body bearing, the upper surface of the body bearing being inclined and adapted to be movably secured along a similarly inclined body bolster, the ends of said body bearing havingextending flanges each provided with a series of holes adapted to receive fastening means, fastening means passing through one of each series of holes and through the body bolster and said body bearing thereby capable of (being adjusted along the body bolster.

2. A side bearing comprising a truck bearing and a body bearing, the vbody bearing having a lower face parallel with the truck bearing, an inclined upper vface adapted to be secured to the sloping surface ofv a. body bolster, said body bearing provided with two series of holes in each end, one series of holes ofv each end being in a different plane to the otherseries, fastening means passing through the predetermined yholes in the .said

body bearing and adapted to pass through the truck bolster whereby astep by step -adjustment ofthe body bearing may be secured to regulate the clearance between the said body bearing and the said truck bearing. Y'

` 3; 'A side bearing comprising a bodybearing ink the'shape of a wedge and having wings arranged alongI the upper surface of the wedge and said wings adapted to lie flat with a body bolster, the inclined` surface of the wedge extending at the same angle as the angle of the body bolster, the wings` provided with aplurality of openings arranged'in spaced rela-tion fromV each otherV whereby ythe kwings may be bolted in a step by step manner inwardly or outwardly of the body bolster."

4. A side bearing comprising a truck. bearing and a body bearing, the body bearing comprising a -wedge shape member, the lower face of which is adapted-toremain parallel with. the vtruck bearing, wings exlao tending from the ends of thebody bearing and atan incline toY the-lower surface of the body bearing, a pluralityof like spaced holes in each of the said wings, means adapted to pass through said holes and lock the bearing to the bolster and said holes arranged `whereby a stepgby step movement may be had ofthe body bearing.

5. In combination with a body bolster having a sloping lower surface of awedge shaped body side bearing having its lower said lower surface of said body bolster, said surface horizontal and its top surface shaped means incorporating members passing reto conform to the slope of said body bolster, speotively through the holes at the ends of 10 said body side bearing being provided with side bearings and the sloping part of the 5 ends having plane surfaces throughout their bolster and at right angles thereto.

length and provided with holes, means for In testimony whereof I aiix my signature. positioning the body side bearing along the WILLIAM E. WINE. 

